best regards; please take care of; please do
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
this and that; one thing or another
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
had better ...; had better not ...
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)